TROUPE v. STATE

No. 39853.

590 S.W.2d 390 (1979)

Larry James TROUPE, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied November 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. Sanders, Chief Trial Atty., Twenty-First Judicial Circuit, Clayton, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Peter T. Sadowski, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


GUNN, Judge.

Movant's appeal from the denial of his Rule 27.26 motion raises two points: (1) ineffective assistance of counsel at his guilty plea proceedings for failure to conduct adequate investigation and preparation; (2) that his pleas were the products of coercion by his attorney in threatening that he would receive greater punishment if the cases were tried. After evidentiary hearing, the trial court in findings of fact and conclusions of law denied the motion...

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